Goochland County, Virginia building permits

78,355 permits from Goochland County’s building department since 1988 — type, status, job value, contractor, dates and parcel id. Full history for $250, or the past 12 months for $45/mo.

Permits: 78,355
Permit history: 1988–2026
Past 12 months: 4,291
Last collected: Oct 19, 2026

Permits by year

By issue date (application date where no issue date), 2012–2026.

03K6K

5.5K

201220152018202120242026*

* 2026 is year to date.

View as table

Year	Permits
2012	1,746
2013	2,330
2014	2,125
2015	2,365
2016	2,475
2017	2,879
2018	2,765
2019	3,116
2020	3,541
2021	5,509
2022	5,003
2023	4,526
2024	4,583
2025	4,723
2026 (YTD)	3,408

Field coverage

Share of records with each column populated.

Permit numberpermit_number100%
Permit typepermit_type0%
Work descriptionwork_description94%
Statuspermit_status0%
Application dateapplication_date100%
Issue dateissue_date89%
Completion datecomplete_date20%
Expiration dateexpiration_date3%
Site addressaddress100%
Parcel identifierparcel_id100%
Job valuevaluation0%
Contractorcontractor0%

Parcel identifier kinds

Parcel number 76.4K
Address only 1.9K
None 32

Sample records

8 real records from the file — its fullest, newest first.

Permit #	Work description	Applied	Issued	Address	Parcel ID	ID kind
DASZ-2026-00020	Gazebo	Oct 13, 2026	Oct 14, 2026	{'ATTN': '', 'City': 'MANAKIN SABOT', 'POBox': '', 'IsMain': True, 'Station': '', 'CompSite': '', 'StateName': 'VA', 'PostalCode': '23103', 'RuralRoute': '', 'CountryName': None, 'FullAddress': '2245 WHEATLANDS DR MANAKIN SABOT VA 23103', 'UnitOrSuite': ''	46-27-A-28-0	Parcel number
DASZ-2026-00019	10x20 A-frame shed	Sep 29, 2026	Sep 30, 2026	{'ATTN': '', 'City': 'GOOCHLAND', 'POBox': '', 'IsMain': True, 'Station': '', 'CompSite': '', 'StateName': 'VA', 'PostalCode': '23063', 'RuralRoute': '', 'CountryName': None, 'FullAddress': '2679 HADENSVILLE FIFE RD GOOCHLAND VA 23063', 'UnitOrSuite': '',	17-1-0-86-I	Parcel number
DASZ-2026-00018	8x12 barn-style shed	Sep 29, 2026	Sep 30, 2026	{'ATTN': '', 'City': 'GOOCHLAND', 'POBox': '', 'IsMain': True, 'Station': '', 'CompSite': '', 'StateName': 'VA', 'PostalCode': '23063', 'RuralRoute': '', 'CountryName': None, 'FullAddress': '2679 HADENSVILLE FIFE RD GOOCHLAND VA 23063', 'UnitOrSuite': '',	17-1-0-86-I	Parcel number
ELR-2026-00520	Install gfci protected Receptacle and light in crawl space. 12/2 Romex 120V 20A	Sep 8, 2026	Sep 29, 2026	{'ATTN': '', 'City': 'MANAKIN SABOT', 'POBox': '', 'IsMain': True, 'Station': '', 'CompSite': '', 'StateName': 'VA', 'PostalCode': '23103', 'RuralRoute': '', 'CountryName': None, 'FullAddress': '520 RED MAPLE DR MANAKIN SABOT VA 23103', 'UnitOrSuite': '',	62-20-D-5-0	Parcel number
TNTT-2026-00030	1350 sq ft Tent for a Wedding	Sep 25, 2026	Sep 29, 2026	{'ATTN': '', 'City': 'GUM SPRING', 'POBox': '', 'IsMain': True, 'Station': '', 'CompSite': '', 'StateName': 'VA', 'PostalCode': '23065', 'RuralRoute': '', 'CountryName': None, 'FullAddress': '3105 COOLEY RD GUM SPRING VA 23065', 'UnitOrSuite': '', 'Address	20-13-0-7-0	Parcel number
AD-2026-00003	Bounce house for Mt Gilead Fall Festival	Sep 10, 2026	Sep 28, 2026	{'ATTN': '', 'City': 'COLUMBIA', 'POBox': '', 'IsMain': True, 'Station': '', 'CompSite': '', 'StateName': 'VA', 'PostalCode': '23038', 'RuralRoute': '', 'CountryName': None, 'FullAddress': '4768 SHANNON HILL RD COLUMBIA VA 23038', 'UnitOrSuite': '', 'Addre	4-1-0-33-0	Parcel number
DASZ-2026-00016	Shed for outdoor storage	Sep 11, 2026	Sep 14, 2026	{'ATTN': '', 'City': 'MAIDENS', 'POBox': '', 'IsMain': True, 'Station': '', 'CompSite': '', 'StateName': 'VA', 'PostalCode': '23102', 'RuralRoute': '', 'CountryName': None, 'FullAddress': '1736 FISHERS POND DR MAIDENS VA 23102', 'UnitOrSuite': '', 'Address	43-42-E-1-0	Parcel number
DASZ-2026-00015	Garden shed	Sep 8, 2026	Sep 8, 2026	{'ATTN': '', 'City': 'MANAKIN SABOT', 'POBox': '', 'IsMain': True, 'Station': '', 'CompSite': '', 'StateName': 'VA', 'PostalCode': '23103', 'RuralRoute': '', 'CountryName': None, 'FullAddress': '1117 ORIOLE LANDING LN MANAKIN SABOT VA 23103', 'UnitOrSuite'	58-58-0-27-0	Parcel number

Sources

Collected from one dataset published by Goochland County.

Goochland County permits (portal listing API)energov css listing78,355 rows

Why rows, not permits?

A department can publish the same permit in more than one dataset — a current feed and an archive, or one row per inspection. The permit count above counts each permit number once.